This week's This week in the BMJ

	Benefits are likely from vitamin B-6 in premenstrual syndrome [Full text] FREE

	Surgical experience should not be defined by workload [Full text] FREE

	Copying referral letters to patients has no effect on non-attendance [Full text] FREE

	Short planned hospital stays are more effective for patients with mental illness [Full text] FREE

	Many patients with hepatic encephalopathy are on damaging diets [Full text] FREE

	Treatments for shoulder complaints do not show long term effects [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Hyponatraemia after orthopaedic surgery
	Nick Lane, Kathryn Allen
	BMJ  1999;318:1363-1364 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dietary management of hepatic encephalopathy
	Carol A Seymour, Kevin Whelan
	BMJ  1999;318:1364-1365 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New rules for expert witnesses
	Mark Friston
	BMJ  1999;318:1365-1366 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: The rules for expert reports]

	Prevention of corticosteroid induced osteoporosis
	Paul Lips
	BMJ  1999;318:1366-1367 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Waiting in the dark: cataract surgery in older people
	C S Gray, H L Crabtree, J E O'Connell, E D Allen
	BMJ  1999;318:1367-1368 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Antepartum risk factors for newborn encephalopathy
	Matthew Ellis, Anthony M de L Costello, Deirdre J Murphy, Nadia Badawi, Jennifer J Kurinczuk, Fiona J Stanley, John M Keogh, Paul R Burton
	BMJ  1999;318:1414 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Backdoor euthanasia
	James Paul, Mary Bliss
	BMJ  1999;318:1415 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Widening screening to detect Chlamydia trachomatis is more important than using DNA methods
	Alan Herring, Owen Caul, Ian Paul, Patrick Horner
	BMJ  1999;318:1416 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Audit of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in a single UK centre
	Sandeep Gupta, Hasan Hasan, Oswaldo Valencia, Sue Jones, Edward Rowland, A John Camm, Charles W Pumphrey, David E Ward
	BMJ  1999;318:1416 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Vitamin D concentrations in Asian children living in England
	Stanley Zlotkin, Aubrey Blumsohn
	BMJ  1999;318:1417 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Income distribution, socioeconomic status, and self rated health in US
	Jeffrey Milyo, Bruce P Kennedy, Ichiro Kawachi, Roberta Glass, Deborah Prothrow-Stith
	BMJ  1999;318:1417 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prediction of cardiovascular risk
	Andrew Zambanini, Martin R Smith, Michael D Feher, François Gueyffier, Jean-Pierre Boissel, Aroon D Hingorani, Patrick Vallance
	BMJ  1999;318:1418 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Secondary prevention in coronary heart disease
	Jonathan Morrell, R E Ferner
	BMJ  1999;318:1419 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Minimisation is much better than the randomised block design in certain cases
	Tom Treasure, Kenneth D MacRae
	BMJ  1999;318:1420 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Is there a clinical future for the general practitioner?
	Toby Lipman
	BMJ  1999;318:1420 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Role of general practitioners in NHS must not be undervalued
	Tom Hennell, Azeem Majeed
	BMJ  1999;318:1420 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Noise trauma after inflation of air bags in low speed car crashes
	S S M Hussain, Graham Buckley
	BMJ  1999;318:1421 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Every hospital must improve in-hospital resuscitation
	V M K Bhaskarabhatla
	BMJ  1999;318:1421 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Head lice can be controlled without application of insecticide lotions
	Gill Lewendon
	BMJ  1999;318:1422 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	WHO should undertake full inquiry into Gulf war illness
	Robin Stott, Douglas Holdstock
	BMJ  1999;318:1422 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	GP surgeries were hard to contact over Christmas
	Andrew Rouse
	BMJ  1999;318:1422 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Thorough cancer surgery may make radiation unnecessary
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  1999;318:1369 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Children who sleep with light on may damage their sight
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  1999;318:1369 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  1999;318:1370 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hungarians spurn private health insurance
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  1999;318:1370 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Welsh Assembly appoints health secretary
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  1999;318:1370 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors resist adopting clinical guidelines
	Greg Basky
	BMJ  1999;318:1370 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pennsylvania plans to reward organ donation
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  1999;318:1371 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA calls for halt on GM crops
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1999;318:1371 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Langlands defends NHS information technology strategy
	Jane Dudman
	BMJ  1999;318:1371 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Fluid intake affects the risk of bladder cancer in men
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  1999;318:1372 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Belgium is to regulate complementary medicine
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  1999;318:1372 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dyslexia may be associated with cerebellar abnormalities
	Judy Jones
	BMJ  1999;318:1372 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Warning letter not seen by relevant body, Bristol inquiry told
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1999;318:1373 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Savage challenges Irvine for GMC presidency
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1999;318:1373 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US survey reveals deficits in women's health care
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  1999;318:1374 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Women with epilepsy are not getting pregnancy advice
	Vicki Madden
	BMJ  1999;318:1374 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Ashworth announces its reform plan
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  1999;318:1374 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Recent advances: Occupational disease
	Nicola Cherry
	BMJ  1999;318:1397-1399 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based cardiology: Prevention of congestive heart failure and management of asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction
	R S McKelvie, C R Benedict, S Yusuf
	BMJ  1999;318:1400-1402 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of labour care: Care of the newborn in the delivery room
	Patricia Hamilton
	BMJ  1999;318:1403-1406 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Effect on hospital attendance rates of giving patients a copy of their referral letter: randomised controlled trial
	William Hamilton, Alison Round, Deborah Sharp
	BMJ  1999;318:1392-1395 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: A profile of the trial] FREE

	Treatment of shoulder complaints in general practice: long term results of a randomised, single blind study comparing physiotherapy, manipulation, and corticosteroid injection
	Jan C Winters, Wim Jorritsma, Klaas H Groenier, Jan S Sobel, Betty Meyboom-de Jong, Hans J Arendzen
	BMJ  1999;318:1395-1396 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Class list
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  1999;318:1429 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Email contact between doctor and patient
	Badal Pal
	BMJ  1999;318:1428 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The Soho bomb
	R I P Dornan
	BMJ  1999;318:1429 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Ethical issues in the design and conduct of cluster randomised controlled trials
	Sarah J L Edwards, David A Braunholtz, Richard J Lilford, Andrew J Stevens
	BMJ  1999;318:1407-1409 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychotherapy for severe personality disorder: exploring the limits of evidence based purchasing • Commentary: Mix of perspectives needed in purchasing of care
	Steve Kisely, Anthony J Pelosi
	BMJ  1999;318:1410-1412 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Economics Notes: Measuring outcomes in economic evaluations
	David Torgerson, James Raftery
	BMJ  1999;318:1413 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1999;318:1430 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Endpieces: Plus ça change ...
	Submitted by Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  1999;318:1386 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  1999;318:1395 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Is nail-cutting a surgical operation?
	BMJ  1999;318:1413 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Double blind, cluster randomised trial of low dose supplementation with vitamin A or  carotene on mortality related to pregnancy in Nepal
	BMJ  1999;318:1386 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

This week's Career focus

	Paediatrics
	Vin Diwakar, Mike Hocking, Janet Anderson, Janet Anderson
	BMJ  1999;318:2 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: Precise explanations of how expertise develops can be elusive. ...
	BMJ  1999;318:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: All doctors are disabled, but some are more disabled than ...
	BMJ  1999;318:3a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: News that the NHS Executive may create a handful of ...
	BMJ  1999;318:3b [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	On being scientific about organising care
	BMJ  1999;318 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOKCASE

This week's BOOKCASE

	Bookcase
	BMJ  1999;318:1428 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	On being scientific about organising care
	BMJ  1999;318 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MULTIMEDIA

This week's MULTIMEDIA

	Book: Matters of Life and Death
	André-Pascal Sappino
	BMJ  1999;318:1426 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Aesculapian
	David Woods
	BMJ  1999;318:1426 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Exhibition: The Painter's Eye
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  1999;318:1427 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Website of the week: www.healthanswers.com/
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  1999;318:1427 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	Government condemned over juniors' hours • Talks start on new consultant contract • Juniors issue challenge to health ministers • Students are concerned about GMC guidance
	BMJ  1999;318:1425 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Frederick Baar • John ("Jack") Alfred Campbell Burridge • Finlay Graham Campbell • Adele Patricia Chatterjee (née Powell) • George Archibald Craig • Ronald Dent • James Montgomery Leishman Howat • Maurice Kenig • John Douglas Wilkinson • Alastair Milner Macdonald Wilson • Robert Baird Wilson • Thomas Henry Wilson
	Margaret Baar, Barry Ross, W R Morris, Gill Moore, Beverley Y Craig, James T Leeming, R F Gillie, M D J Kenig, M F Lewis, Gerald Collee, A R Lorimer, Ian Brown, John Surtees
	BMJ  1999;318:1423 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Efficacy of vitamin B-6 in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome: systematic review
	Katrina M Wyatt, Paul W Dimmock, Peter W Jones, P M Shaughn O'Brien
	BMJ  1999;318:1375-1381 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Influence of hospital and clinician workload on survival from colorectal cancer: cohort study • Commentary: How experienced should a colorectal surgeon be?
	F Kee, R H Wilson, C Harper, C C Patterson, K McCallion, R F Houston, R J Moorehead, J M Sloan, B J Rowlands, Robert Shields
	BMJ  1999;318:1381-1386 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Systematic review of the effectiveness of planned short hospital stays for mental health care
	Paul Johnstone, Gabriella Zolese
	BMJ  1999;318:1387-1390 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Dietary management of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients: survey of current practice in United Kingdom
	Clare T Soulsby, Marsha Y Morgan
	BMJ  1999;318:1391 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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